Africa @ Work arranges networking and information platforms to facilitate business and investment on the continent. The company’s work in this regard is focused on smaller boutique events designed to maximise productivity and results, but larger events may also be considered.

If you are interested in current and past events which Africa @ Work has been involved with, kindly select Upcoming or past events in the selector on the left column.

SELECTED EVENTS

Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 18 and 19 August 2009

An initiative of South Africa-Niger Delta Investment Council and Africa @ Work

The South Africa-Niger Delta Investment Conference (Invest Niger Delta) was a high-level event that brought together leading politicians and business people from the Niger Delta states and South African-based investors to discuss development and business opportunities.

Attended by Hon Ufot Ekaette, Nigeria’s Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, and a delegation from Rivers State, including Governor Rotimi Amaechi, the event was also supported by the South Africa-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and the South African Departments of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND THE PROGRAMME

• Download (53Kb) – Keynote address by Chief Ufot Ekaette, Hon Minister of Niger Delta Affairs
• Download (80Kb) – Presentation by His Excellency The Governor of Rivers State Rt.Hon Honourable Chibuike Ameachi
• Download (5.3Mb) – Investment Niger Delta Programme

South Africa-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and Standard Bank Nigeria: Assessing the Potential of Africa’s Giant

Speaker: Michael Hugman, Emerging Markets Analyst, Standard Bank London (Balalaika Hotel, Sandton, May 2009)

South Africa-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce

Doing Business in Nigeria – Sponsor: SA-NCC;
Speaker: Simon Harford, Actis Private Equity, West Africa (Hilton Hotel, March 2009)

Africa @ Work

Zimbabwe: The New Investment Frontier (Johannesburg 2008)

Patriots Club of Nigeria

Fighting Corruption in Nigeria – Nuhu RIbadu, former head of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Johannesburg 2005)

First Bank of Nigeria

Launch of South African office (Johannesburg  2005)

Africa @ Work/South African Institute of International Affairs

Doing Business in Nigeria (Johannesburg, 2005)

Financial Standard, Nigeria

Launch of African Standard Newspaper (Johannesburg, 2004)

NEPAD Business Group

Mobilising the Private Sector in Africa (Johannesburg, 2004)

Ernest Oppenheimer & Son

Brenthurst Initiative on Black Empowerment in South Africa (Johannesburg, 2003)

Africa @ Work

Agribusiness in Africa (Johannesburg, 2003)

Africa @ Work

Moz.Com IT and Telecoms Investment Forum (Mozambique, 2003)

Federal Government of Nigeria

Nigeria-South Africa Business Summit (Johannesburg, 2002)